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'''Code2000''' is a [[serif font|serif]] and pan-[[Unicode typefaces|Unicode digital font]], which includes [[Grapheme|characters]] and symbols from a very large range of [[writing system]]s. As of the current final version 1.171176 released in 20082023, Code2000 is designed and implemented by James Kass to include as much of the [[Unicode|Unicode 515.21 standard]] as practical (whereaswith 815.01 isbeing the currently-released version), and to support [[OpenType]] digital typography features. Code2000 supports the [[Basic Multilingual Plane]]. '''Code2001''' andwas designed to support the [[Supplementary Multilingual Plane]], with [[ISO 8859-1]] characters shared with Code2000 for compatibility. A third font, '''Code2002''', relatedwas betaleft fontssubstantially createdunfinished byand Jamesnever Kass,officially support characters in higher [[Unicode planes]]released.

The Code2000 font was availablereleased as unrestricted [[shareware]]/[[donationware]], andwith the licensing fee set at $5.00. Code2001 andwas Code2002released fontsunder asa [[freewarefree software license]], fromthat theprohibited author'most [[derivative work]]s websitebut untilotherwise Januaryallowed 2011.free use, redistribution and [[font embedding|embedding]]. The websiteproject was subsequentlydiscontinued wentin down2008, andwith theits web ___domain name was later taken by an Australian [[Computer programming|programming]] site. <ref>{{AsCite web of|2011url=http://code2000.net/ |December}}title=Last therearchive iscopy noof knownJames officialKass' downloadwebsite site|access-date=December for26, the2011 fonts|archive-date=January 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108105420/http://code2000.net/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

On September 13, 2023, after 15 years of inactivity, Kass relaunched the project and began work on updating the fonts.<!-- see the link in "External links" -->

==Code2000==

The names in the following list are taken directly from the Unicode standard.

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*Basic [[Latin alphabet|Latin]]

*[[ISO/IEC 8859-1|Latin-1]] Supplement

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*Box Drawing

*Block Elements

*[[GeometryGeometric Shapes (Unicode block)|Geometric]] [[ShapeShapes]]s

*[[Miscellaneous Symbols]]

*[[Dingbat]]s

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*Half-width and Full-width Forms

*Specials

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It also includes several scripts not officially recognized, in the Unicode [[Private Use Areas]]:

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*[[Tengwar]] ([[ConScript Unicode Registry]])

*[[Cirth]] (ConScript Unicode Registry)

*[[Ewellic alphabet|Ewellic]] (ConScript Unicode Registry)

*[[Phaistos]] (ConScript Unicode Registry)

*[[Klingon language|Klingon]] (ConScript Unicode Registry)

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*[[Tài Xuán Jīng]] Symbols

*[[Counting rods|Counting Rod]] Numerals

*[[Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols]] (including the ones in the Letter-like Symbols block)

*Domino Tiles

As the font ceased updating in 2008, it does not include the [[emoji]], added to Unicode in version 6.0, that make up the best-known and most commonly used characters in the set.

This font covers a few characters in the Unicode Plane Two [[Supplementary Ideographic Plane]]. It also covers a few tags in Unicode Plane Fourteen [[Supplementary Special-purpose Plane]].

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* [[TITUS Cyberbit Unicode]]

* [[Free UCS Outline Fonts]]

== References ==

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==External links==

* https://www.code2001.com

* {{Wayback|url=http://code2000.net/|title=Last archive copy of James Kass' website|date=20110108105420}}

[[Category:Unicode typefaces]]

[[Category:IPA typefaces]]